Author Archives: Michelle Lamberson

From Flash Mobs to Flash Movies?

Remember Flash mobs? Well — here is definitely a more civilized equivalent: “Guerilla Drive-Ins. From the NY Times Circuits: Movie buffs have been organizing “guerrilla drive-ins” in a number of cities, rigging together digital projectors, DVD players and stereo speakers, … Continue reading

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Canadian Minerals

Well – this is a link for my geology course: Minerals and Metals Produced in Canada. This site is reasonably up to date, and contains succinct summaries of the resources produced through mining in Canada. The page has a link … Continue reading

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UTS: Developing your academic career

This site, from the University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, is focused on early career faculty. The guidelines for developing an academic portfolio and developing a course portfolio are excellent. I like how they provide good … Continue reading

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Earth Science Markup Language

Doing some digging around in geo-sites as well as looking for three-d matrix software (strange obsession, really). I found this interesting effort: Earth Science Markup Language This project is also listed on SourceForge. Not sure what I am going to … Continue reading

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Been Gone for a While… weblogging and teaching on the (near) horizon!

Like the title says — I’ve not been posting for a while, though I have a number of postings in the saved segment.. its just been a bit busy lately.. on a number of levels. (Conferences, hiring, WebCT Vista Pilot, … Continue reading

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Apollo on the Loose!

Ok… I’ve heard of pretty fancy rollout ideas for software, but I’m thinking D’Arcy may have gone a little far on this one… From New York Newsday… BostonHerald.com – Circus tiger shocks a few New Yorkers during brief escape Yup … Continue reading

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BBC: Climate film put to computer test

Using the Internet is a very interesting way — reminds me a bit of the SETI project… some researchers in the UK have put together a way to look at unique climate scenarios. “A worldwide experiment to test the plausibility … Continue reading

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Environmental Curriculum

Christian Science Monitor article descrinbing a course that involves a high level of experiential learning… The natural world is their classroom | csmonitor.com

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Evaluation article

Saw this on on Stephen Downe’s Weblog… Evaluation as a Strategic Tool Will look at later!

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CETIS: Matching Content to Learning

IMS has released a public draft of the Accessibility for Meta-Data specification, step two of addressing accessibility issues for learners (Step one being the Accessibility for Learner Information Profile (ACCLIP). Wilbert Kraan of CETIS provides a thoughtful analysis of this … Continue reading

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